A Serological Study on Pseudomonas anguilliseptica Isolated from Diseased Eels in Taiwan

Abstract

Four strains of Pseudomonas anguilliseptica isolated from pond-cultured Japanese eels, Anguilla japonica, in Taiwan were compared with Japanese and Scottish representative strains. From the results of agglutination and precipitation with rabbit antisera, and pathogenicity tests for Japanese eels, the three of Taiwanese isolates proved identical to Japanese K antigen-possessing type (K⁺ type) of P. anguilliseptica. The other Taiwanese strain seemed to be intermediate type between K⁺ and K_- types.